Finishing Up

The album is nearly finished. After a crash-course in "mastering" (whatever that means), I'm now putting the final touches on everything.

I had one more guitar solo to add to "Cards in My Pocket (political song for Eddie Vedder to sing)" and I went so crazy I got a gigantic blister on my finger. That's the first time in my life I've had a blister from playing guitar. You know it's awesome if it causes pain.

I still need to add some germanic screaming to the beginning of "Petty Hooligans," and some kind of synth, guitar, or string thing to "Nosebleed." Otherwise, there's nothing else to do but try to get every song as loud as possible without clipping.

Final Track List:
1. Meet Your Hero
2. Victory
3. Cards in My Pocket (political song for Eddie Vedder to sing)
4. Consider
5. Nosebleed
6. Temporary Immortality
7. Single-Wide
8. Glitter on Glue
9. Petty Hooligans
10. Wartime Comradeship
11. Star Sky

The book continues to progress. I've written about 45 pages, which is probably about 1/6 of the length I'm shooting for. Random quote below:

“No, I don’t want to play Lord Protector! You stay right here. I’m going to find out how you’ve been spying on me.” Balloon obeyed Victory’s commands, standing motionless while she inspected every square inch of the single-wide. Approximately three minutes later, Victory emerged from Balloon’s bedroom with a horrified look on her face. Balloon assumed the worst.
“What’s wrong? Did you find any video gadgets?”
“No I didn’t Balloon.” Victory sighed in frustration. “But I did find this.” Victory held up a tightly bundled stack of $100 dollar bills. “Where did you get these?”
“I tried to tell you, I’m really smart now. Me and Tom and Russ investigated things and found us a treasure trove.”
Victory wasn’t convinced. “Are you guys dealing drugs? I want to know where you got this money Balloon. I also want to know how you know all this stuff about my dad and what I’ve been doing. Tell me!” Victory threw the wad of cash at Balloon and simultaneously stomped her foot on the already-burdened floor of his single-wide.
“No, I ain’t into drugs. I just know things now, no matter what it is and I can know it. Whenever I don’t know something, and I need some learning about it, I just kind of ask myself the question and then the answer pops into my head.”


Look for Balloon Boy and the Porcupine Pals: Anithooliganism. Coming to a website near you soon!